[SOLVED][QUESTION] Map 'Atmosphere/Lighting'?

[Laduguer]

Hey there! Long time lurker, first time poster.

First of all, apologies for the vague topic title, i'll explain what I mean by it;

I was recently admiring the fine work chaos1920 did here, and noticed the heavy gloom (low light and poor visibility) that is found on the Gilneas map, which looks incredibly badass.

So, I was just wondering if anyone knew how to achieve such an effect with a map made from scratch? I've had a poke around the .dbc files but to no avail.

Thanks in advance!

[schlumpf]

http://www.ownedcore.com/forums/world-o ... ights.html

[Laduguer]

Thanks a lot, great guide!

[Laduguer]

I reopened this because I have a further question connected to the first; just how much is it possible to edit the lighting with the light associated .dbc files?

For those familiar with WoW Machinima Tool; would it be possible to server-side change as many aspects of the lighting as it is possible to client-side change with that tool?

If anyone has any insight to save me experimenting myself, i'd appreciate it!

[Steff]

Dbcs are client and not serverside and you can change the same values ans in machinima tool.

[Laduguer]

Ah, sorry; I meant editing the server .dbc files, which I assume would result in a server side change.

At any rate, thanks a lot for your answer, that's very interesting. Food for thought, definitely.

[Steff]

Server and client dbcs are the same.  After every dbc edit i just copy them over to the server.

[Laduguer]

Server and client dbcs are the same.  After every dbc edit i just copy them over to the server.

I understand, I just assumed that when you copied them over to the server, the change was applied server-side.

[Steff]

The server only read some of the dbcs.  It use them to check that player dont cheat. For example that the damage output of a spell is right.  I dont think server use light dbcs.

[Laduguer]

Ah okay, thanks Steff.

Still, it stimulates some interesting ideas about client-side .dbc editing; creating zones where it's too dark to see anything without a torch, etc. (as is possible to achieve with WMT).

[Steff]

It is possible was done by guys like Basti before. He build a verys dark city with many lights palced and creat light spots all around.